But here these qualities are not only acceptable but heartening.
Which is not only acceptable but wonderful, and perfectly traditional.
In our postmodern culture, a simulacrum is not only acceptable, it is preferable".
Revealing outfits have become not only acceptable, but perhaps de rigueur.
"Now, we're realizing that while the first statement is true, it's not only acceptable but desirable to celebrate people's differences".
It is as though the situation were not only acceptable, but normal in the period prior to it all.
Judge Bellacosa noted that "an application of everyday experience" is not only acceptable in deliberations, but desirable.
Her dose of pragmatism made me feel my shameful thoughts were not only acceptable, they were also normal.
But it continues the same catastrophic assumption that he made throughout his career: that unending increases in automobile traffic are not only acceptable, but also preordained.
They are driven by a wholly incorrect interpretation - an extreme distortion - of the Islamic faith, which holds that mass murder and terror are not only acceptable, but necessary.
Plural is not only acceptable, but often sounds more natural: "None of the current squad are good enough to play in the Championship".
